In July, Winnebago County prosecutors filed charges of stalking and two counts of violating a harassment restraining order against Kachinsky.

The restraining order charges were dropped on Tuesday.

The charges came in the midst of a protracted legal battle between Kachinsky and the village over behavior his clerk and village administrators described in court records as ongoing harassment and retaliation against her.

Kachinsky has pushed back against many of the allegations and described the situation as a "workplace relationship gone bad."

The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended him from the bench after he was booked into the Winnebago County Jail before formal charges were filed.

Waushara County Judge Guy D. Dutcher will preside over the trial, which is expected to conclude Friday..

Resolution of the criminal case won't mark the end of the legal back-and-forth between Kachinsky and the village over his treatment of his clerk, as a case stemming from a Wisconsin Judicial Commission complaint filed with the state Supreme Court is pending.

Kachinsky, a longtime attorney in the Fox Cities, garnered national attention when he was featured in the Netflix docu-series "Making a Murderer." He had served as an attorney for Brendan Dassey before being removed from the case.